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that's ronald reagan endorsing barry goldwater in 1964. what he said at the end of that speech was that he did not believe there was a thing like the left or right, just up or down. all too often con receivertives fell into the left versus right rhetoric which reagan did not like to use. in 1976, the republican party was faced with extinction, one-third of the member of the house of representatives, over half of those defined by any neutral observer as center left. the conservative movement was irrelevant to american life, and ronald reagan went into cpac which could have been held in an audience room smaller than this in ?erch, -- 1997 giving a speech called "the new republican party," outlining how he would win in four years. what we did in that speech was talk about when you talk about programs and what to do, talk about how it works, don't talk about it in terms of i'dology. ronald reagan in 1997 at the depth of the republican party, how does it create a rebirth. it's time we listen to ronald rage p. >> three questions here, here, and
that's ronald reagan endorsing barry goldwater in 1964. what he said at the end of that speech was that he did not believe there was a thing like the left or right, just up or down. all too often con receivertives fell into the left versus right rhetoric which reagan did not like to use. in 1976, the republican party was faced with extinction, one-third of the member of the house of representatives, over half of those defined by any neutral observer as center left. the conservative movement was...
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i agree with ronald reagan. would romney raise taxes on middle-class families stretching to afford diapers and day care at the same time? would romney raise taxes on americans with disability striving to live full and productive lives? would romney raise taxes on students stretching every dollar to afford tuition? would romney raise taxes on men and women serving overseas in the military who make untold sacrifices, deserve american freedom and -- to preserve american freedom and democracy, not because they're getting rich but out of a deep sense of duty? so whose taxes would mitt romney raise? we know he wouldn't raise taxes for millionaires or billionaires or companies that ship jobs overseas. he's made that very clear. if you are a math teacher or a maid or a single mother, it won't be mitt rom nigh's jobs to worry about you. if you are a mult imillionaire, mitt romney won't rest until you get a quarter million dollar tax cut. that's what the ryan budget does. for all we know, mitt romney could be one of those
i agree with ronald reagan. would romney raise taxes on middle-class families stretching to afford diapers and day care at the same time? would romney raise taxes on americans with disability striving to live full and productive lives? would romney raise taxes on students stretching every dollar to afford tuition? would romney raise taxes on men and women serving overseas in the military who make untold sacrifices, deserve american freedom and -- to preserve american freedom and democracy, not...
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then a few years later, along came ronald reagan. the total amount of revenue that was raised for marginal rates in the year 1980 was $244 billion. 1990 was $466 billion, which was almost doubled in the decade that had the most streamlining and reduction of marginal rates in our history. and so i think it's interesting to observe that this wasn't really all a republican idea. it's something that has worked every time that it's been tried. mr. portman: my colleague from oklahoma and i -- mr. president, i would like to follow up briefly on that and just say that in 1997 when we decided to move toward a balanced budget agreement when president clinton was president, there was also an agreement to cut the capital gains rate which is sometimes forgotten. that capital gains rate cut produced a lot of revenue that was not expected. as a result, we got to a unified balanced budget, a unified basis more rapidly than anybody thought we would. it came two or three years sooner than projected. in part because it was about $100 billion of new rev
then a few years later, along came ronald reagan. the total amount of revenue that was raised for marginal rates in the year 1980 was $244 billion. 1990 was $466 billion, which was almost doubled in the decade that had the most streamlining and reduction of marginal rates in our history. and so i think it's interesting to observe that this wasn't really all a republican idea. it's something that has worked every time that it's been tried. mr. portman: my colleague from oklahoma and i -- mr....
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ronald reagan ran at a very different america. ronald reagan would probably have a difficult time in today's republican primary process. and i think there are lessons here on the republican side and the democratic side and they are not as technocratic gas blaise is suggesting and i think those lessons can be learned pretty easily. it is the remaking of the party's approach if the republican can't be a national party if they turn off african-americans, hispanics and now women, and the republican party today is 90% white, and the democratic party i and understand the caucus returns to washington will be 50% majority will be 50% or i guess majority, minority and women. and when we look at the state of the union next year, that divide the republicans on one side and the democrats on the other and the overwhelming white maleness of the republican party comes through. i love males. i gave birth to three of them that there are not enough to keep the republican party alive, and i should add as a footnote my sons are not contributing to th
ronald reagan ran at a very different america. ronald reagan would probably have a difficult time in today's republican primary process. and i think there are lessons here on the republican side and the democratic side and they are not as technocratic gas blaise is suggesting and i think those lessons can be learned pretty easily. it is the remaking of the party's approach if the republican can't be a national party if they turn off african-americans, hispanics and now women, and the republican...
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see ronald reagan making the case not for legalization but for amnesty using that word. i think a majority of republicans are pro immigration that the have been afraid for the past six years about that lobby which has an incredible political machine and anybody that says anything constructive about immigration would be called the label primm st, and certainly some talk-show hosts. i think this election cycle has dramatically changed that. i can at least remember half a dozen talk shows had already said my position has evolved and now i am for immigration reform. but that is good because will give cover to a lot of republicans who have avoided this issue will want to deal with this issue to actually do it. so we have to reclaim the issue and we can do it because immigration reform is the conservative position. restriction is part of the nationalist protectionist paradigm and if we are the party of the family come if we are the party of the free market we should not in any way have a restriction as to position if we are for the family i don't see how -- i don't see why we
see ronald reagan making the case not for legalization but for amnesty using that word. i think a majority of republicans are pro immigration that the have been afraid for the past six years about that lobby which has an incredible political machine and anybody that says anything constructive about immigration would be called the label primm st, and certainly some talk-show hosts. i think this election cycle has dramatically changed that. i can at least remember half a dozen talk shows had...
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we haven't touched it since ronald reagan, really, in 1986. bill clinton didn't do so at one point, but we haven't done anything to reform are cool. this capital investment and the people, to follow our country in the competitive environment, and taxes is one of them. when you do that, you will get more revenue. it's guaranteed. again, it is sort of that thing we were talking about earlier. this is an opportunity for us as a country. and if you look at the congressional budget office analysis, what tax reform could mean in terms of macroeconomic impact of growth, i mean, all of them will lead to more growth, whether it is corporate tax reform or individual tax reform. >> he said this was fought over in the campaign and we fought over tax rates. rising tax rates. jay carney, the white house press secretary did say that the president will veto any bill that extends the current tax rates. so he insists that tax rates go up those making over $250,000. what would your recommendation be to the republican party in the senate? >> first, i believe the
we haven't touched it since ronald reagan, really, in 1986. bill clinton didn't do so at one point, but we haven't done anything to reform are cool. this capital investment and the people, to follow our country in the competitive environment, and taxes is one of them. when you do that, you will get more revenue. it's guaranteed. again, it is sort of that thing we were talking about earlier. this is an opportunity for us as a country. and if you look at the congressional budget office analysis,...
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i do not often quote ronald reagan, but this is what ronald reagan said on october 7, 1984, and he was absolutely right. ronald reagan -- quote -- "social security has nothing to do with the deficit. social security is totally funded by the payroll tax levied on employer and plea. if you reduce the outgo with social security, that money would not go into the general fund to reduce the deficit, it would go into the social security trust fund so social security has nothing to do with balancing a budget or erasing or lowering the deficit" -- end of quote, wrong, october 7, 1984. reagan was right. and i have to tell you, mr. president, that when barack obama was campaigning for president in 2008, he told the aarp on september 6, 2008, that -- quote -- "john mccain's campaign has suggested that the best answer for the growing pressures on social security might be to cut cost of living adjustments or raise the retirement age. let me be clear, i will do neither" -- end of quote, barack obama, september 6, 2008. now, mr. president, one of the astounding things about congress and inside the bel
i do not often quote ronald reagan, but this is what ronald reagan said on october 7, 1984, and he was absolutely right. ronald reagan -- quote -- "social security has nothing to do with the deficit. social security is totally funded by the payroll tax levied on employer and plea. if you reduce the outgo with social security, that money would not go into the general fund to reduce the deficit, it would go into the social security trust fund so social security has nothing to do with...
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. >> so, you need some, ronald reagan, i believe in basic republican philosophies as ronald reagan once said the role of government is not to protect us from ourselves but it's to protect us from each other. there's a difference between free markets and free for all markets. market need some basic rules and if you don't have some basic rules, commonsense rules that are enforced innocent people get hurt. and innocent people got hurt in this crisis, and government fundamentally failed in its responsibilities. that's not to absolve banks or other, it shouldn't be, i should say financial institutions. so much of this occurred and what is called the shadow sector, not with fdic insured banks. that's not to absolve managers from what they did. they get paid a lot of money to manage their banks responsibly and they shouldn't have examiners come in our government come in there and telling them how to act responsibly. but nontheless, government does have a role. you need some basic commonsense rules, and we forgot that. we get carried away with this idea of self-policing markets, and is just did
. >> so, you need some, ronald reagan, i believe in basic republican philosophies as ronald reagan once said the role of government is not to protect us from ourselves but it's to protect us from each other. there's a difference between free markets and free for all markets. market need some basic rules and if you don't have some basic rules, commonsense rules that are enforced innocent people get hurt. and innocent people got hurt in this crisis, and government fundamentally failed in...
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as president ronald reagan liked to say, trust but verify. in conclusion, i want to say that senator coburn has a phrase that i think is very accurate in this context. he talks about all the earmarks and contracts that -- in washington spending that ends up in the hands of those people he calls, and i quote, well heeled and well connected. in my opinion, no one is more well connected with more access to a wide range of privileged nonpublic information than members of congress, their friends, employees or family members. at a time when our economy is struggling and the average american family has to make hard economic choices, congressional members and staff should not be lining their pockets on insider information. serving our country is a privilege, one that i cherish very, very much. i believe that we must level the playing field and show the american people that the united states congress does not consider itself to be above the laws that we expect everyone else across the country to cobra. i believe it's time to listen to our constituents
as president ronald reagan liked to say, trust but verify. in conclusion, i want to say that senator coburn has a phrase that i think is very accurate in this context. he talks about all the earmarks and contracts that -- in washington spending that ends up in the hands of those people he calls, and i quote, well heeled and well connected. in my opinion, no one is more well connected with more access to a wide range of privileged nonpublic information than members of congress, their friends,...
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ronald reagan, jeb bush, bob bennett, bob english, chuck hagel, mitch daniels, mickey edwards to name a few of many are plenty conservative and not extreme. now i'm going to suggest that a party can be extreme in three ways and i will discuss each. tactics, ideology and rhetoric. first tactics. i should emphasize tactics do depend on context. i posit that the gop has adopted a set of parliamentary tactics in a nonparliamentary system in a way that is unlike any we have seen before. underscoring some of jeb bush's points, purely oppositional and obstructionist disdaining problem-solving, defining its partisan adversary as the enemy and opposing positions often because of who is supporting them, not because of what is in them. now the first evidence comes from the filibuster, let me put up a chart. which is now being applied in a fashion unseen in all of previous american history. i don't have time to go over the history of the filibuster. much of it is in the book. did i mention it makes a great holiday gift? but, let me say that in the past filibusters were used rarely for an issues o
ronald reagan, jeb bush, bob bennett, bob english, chuck hagel, mitch daniels, mickey edwards to name a few of many are plenty conservative and not extreme. now i'm going to suggest that a party can be extreme in three ways and i will discuss each. tactics, ideology and rhetoric. first tactics. i should emphasize tactics do depend on context. i posit that the gop has adopted a set of parliamentary tactics in a nonparliamentary system in a way that is unlike any we have seen before. underscoring...
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that they were old ladies and the mississippi who would read what ronald reagan on everything and they voted for george mcgovern because sherman had been very mean to atlanta recently. [laughter] we have gotten -- we are beyond that except for parts of this room. [laughter] the new movement, and this is why i think the obama versus romney and ryan thing is so clear is that obama can't get away from home and change anymore. it's about talking about what he did which is hard spending and tax and regulate. and expressed contempt for business people versus the republican approach, which is written down. and the modern republican party, the reagan republican party is interested in maximizing liberty and letting people run their own lives. .. vote to be left alone. they don't knock on your door on saturday and say you should be -- insist every public kids -- they're not out there saying you have to sign up for our project. just leave me alone. all the various communities of faith simply wish to be left alone to practice their faith so the other side at the end of the misunderstands psychiatr
that they were old ladies and the mississippi who would read what ronald reagan on everything and they voted for george mcgovern because sherman had been very mean to atlanta recently. [laughter] we have gotten -- we are beyond that except for parts of this room. [laughter] the new movement, and this is why i think the obama versus romney and ryan thing is so clear is that obama can't get away from home and change anymore. it's about talking about what he did which is hard spending and tax and...
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so i'd like to quote ronald reagan as the best example of this attitude in washington. too many people in washington -- quote -- "can't see a fat man standing beside a thin one without coming to the conclusion that the fat man got that way by taking advantage of the thin one," end of reagan quote. i believe this is what is driving the animas against the so-called wealthy on the other side. they are under the impression the wealthy got rich at the expense of someone less fortunate. the problem with this view is that in a free economy, goods and services are transferred through voluntary exchanges. both parties are better off as a result of this exchange. otherwise it wouldn't occur. moreover, wealth is not static. it can be both created as well as destroyed. at worst, the government is a destroyer of wealth. at best, the government is a redistribute tor of wealth. it is truth force of government, the zero sum exchanges occur. it is the private sector that creates wealth through innovation and providing goods and services we need and that we want. the leadership on the ot
so i'd like to quote ronald reagan as the best example of this attitude in washington. too many people in washington -- quote -- "can't see a fat man standing beside a thin one without coming to the conclusion that the fat man got that way by taking advantage of the thin one," end of reagan quote. i believe this is what is driving the animas against the so-called wealthy on the other side. they are under the impression the wealthy got rich at the expense of someone less fortunate. the...
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ronald reagan and tip o'neill. it ought to be president obama and john boehner saying, we should pass this middle class -- now, here's the thing i don't get. when the bush tax cuts went into place, they were passed overwhelmingly by republicans. why wouldn't the same republicans want to make sure that they continue for 98% of the people? i don't get it. i did not vote for the bush tax cuts then. i'm going to vote for them now, for the 98%, because we're coming out of a tough time. i didn't vote for them. do you know why? i said that we would go into huge deficits. and i don't want to say that i was right. but we did go into a huge period of deficits. it was that. it was two wars on a credit card. it was a prescription drug benefit that was not paid for by allowing medicare to negotiate for lower prices. i voted against that, too. so here we are at a magic moment in time -- a magical moment, because it's the holiday seaso season -- and we know the senate passed the middle class tax cuts in july and we know there's 2
ronald reagan and tip o'neill. it ought to be president obama and john boehner saying, we should pass this middle class -- now, here's the thing i don't get. when the bush tax cuts went into place, they were passed overwhelmingly by republicans. why wouldn't the same republicans want to make sure that they continue for 98% of the people? i don't get it. i did not vote for the bush tax cuts then. i'm going to vote for them now, for the 98%, because we're coming out of a tough time. i didn't vote...
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in my opinion, the more proper and accurate response would be to borrow from president ronald reagan when he said, "there you go again" to jimmy carter in the 1980 debate. perhaps ironically president reagan was responding to president carter's comments on a national health insurance proposal. president reagan was more right than even he knew, getting back to taxes and the role of government, president reagan was making the same point that this chart shows. as you can see, liberal logic. many problems, always the same solution. health care is too expensive. raise taxes. spending is oust control. raise taxes. gas prices are too high. raise taxes. too many people unemployed. raise taxes. it's a broken record. no matter what problem faces the left, the answer is always the same. more taxes are always needed in order to increase the size and scope of the government in people's lives. the supreme court recently affirmed the point of this chart. the liberal solution to rising health care costs and lack of coverage were tax increases. the propensity of president obama and his ideological al
in my opinion, the more proper and accurate response would be to borrow from president ronald reagan when he said, "there you go again" to jimmy carter in the 1980 debate. perhaps ironically president reagan was responding to president carter's comments on a national health insurance proposal. president reagan was more right than even he knew, getting back to taxes and the role of government, president reagan was making the same point that this chart shows. as you can see, liberal...
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my first president i had privilege to vote was ronald reagan which i love. i know no one will ever become as wonderful as he was for us. i am a puerto rican. we have 400, 4 million puerto ricans in the united states. >> yep. >> but in puerto rico 85% or more do get out and vote which is astronomical compare with the numbers they go out in florida. i have been involved in the political arena in florida for 20 years. i have been involved and do run a precinct too. . . i have been saying this for years have an opportunity. right now we could spend send four conservative puerto ricans to washington, dc. and i think this is a disservice because here we have been -- our puerto ricans in the island and my family giving energy and love and attention especially my brothers and sisters from cuba, our island has been the cradle for many of them that they are today the leaders of this great nation and yet we don't have one puerto rican that representatives our 4 million puerto ricans here and 4.8 million in puerto rico. how can we make that change. >> the point you made
my first president i had privilege to vote was ronald reagan which i love. i know no one will ever become as wonderful as he was for us. i am a puerto rican. we have 400, 4 million puerto ricans in the united states. >> yep. >> but in puerto rico 85% or more do get out and vote which is astronomical compare with the numbers they go out in florida. i have been involved in the political arena in florida for 20 years. i have been involved and do run a precinct too. . . i have been...
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reagan. third, when the country manages to deal with such a deadlock or change such a deadlock as this it doesn't come to any other means. so you have a lot of red and that may be a good harbinger for your party but it doesn't say anything about how the country is going to move forward in terms of what you promote. so given all of that if you buy any of it, to what extent do you see any way the next four years are going to be anything other than a continuation of the last struggling kicking the can down the road not really dealing with the fundamental problems in america? >> three very good questions. i would say that obama's first term has two parts before and after the 2012 election just as the clinton administration was also to parts. i talk about the last six years when they took the house and the senate and forced the welfare reform and cut the capitol gains tax. they never talk about the first two years where growth and jobs were flat when the democrats read everything. so i'm all in fa
reagan. third, when the country manages to deal with such a deadlock or change such a deadlock as this it doesn't come to any other means. so you have a lot of red and that may be a good harbinger for your party but it doesn't say anything about how the country is going to move forward in terms of what you promote. so given all of that if you buy any of it, to what extent do you see any way the next four years are going to be anything other than a continuation of the last struggling kicking the...
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reagan's tear-down of the soviet union to thank for that phenomenon. the end of the cold war allowed for a reduction of government spending as a result of g.d.p. coupled with priorities pushed by the republican-led congress to reach a balanced budget and to reform welfare spending as a percentage of g.d.p. dropped to the lowest point in 30 years. with the government spending less on people's money -- of the people's money, more was left in the hands of the private sector. this allowed the private sector to innovate, to invest and eventually create jobs. the peace dividend is also the largest contributor to reining in deficits in the 1990's. the biggest source of deficit reduction -- 35% -- came from the reduction of defense spending. the next biggest source of deficit reduction -- 32% -- came from other revenue because of a growing economy. another 15% came from interest savings. let's get to the clinton tax increase and reducing deficits. the clinton tax increase, on the other hand, only accounted for 13% of the deficit reduction. only 13%. there are
reagan's tear-down of the soviet union to thank for that phenomenon. the end of the cold war allowed for a reduction of government spending as a result of g.d.p. coupled with priorities pushed by the republican-led congress to reach a balanced budget and to reform welfare spending as a percentage of g.d.p. dropped to the lowest point in 30 years. with the government spending less on people's money -- of the people's money, more was left in the hands of the private sector. this allowed the...
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reagan raised the debt ceiling 17 times. president george w. bush raised the ceiling seven times. let's just do the right thing. let's get the country moving again and let's get the public game out of the politics. thank you. >> next up, dallas. good morning. >> yes, good morning. how are you. >> joost great. >> caller: i'm just kind of glad to hear in there because of a goody was so hateful and against president obama. he's not doing anything any person hasn't done or tried to do. so the lady from california was saying too much spending. since they want to cut everything let them cut it and i'm going to -- i have a lady yesterday that was republican almost in tears. she said her husband had went to an agency and had been there for four hours, but that's what they ask for. the republicans are talking about people's bodies and that money is just sitting for those rich people for all this time and no one has created one job. you are going to have on certainty if you don't open up your money and how your people for services and
reagan raised the debt ceiling 17 times. president george w. bush raised the ceiling seven times. let's just do the right thing. let's get the country moving again and let's get the public game out of the politics. thank you. >> next up, dallas. good morning. >> yes, good morning. how are you. >> joost great. >> caller: i'm just kind of glad to hear in there because of a goody was so hateful and against president obama. he's not doing anything any person hasn't done or...
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[cheers and applause] ronald reagan, ronald reagan in his farewell address said a caution to everyone of us. the final words he said as president of the united states to the american people. the last two paragraphs of his speech. he talked about the concern he had for the future of our country because institutions, institutions like schools, higher education, the media, the popular culture, were teaching a very different story about who we are. and he was concerned that america would forget, would forget what made us great. the greatness of ronald reagan was not just his policies. the greatness of ronald reagan is he knew where we came from. he understood what made america the greatest country in the history of the world. i want to thank the tea party because what they have done -- [applause] what they have been able to do over the past couple of years is resurrect a document that many considered to be a dead letter in washington, d.c. something called the constitution of the united states. [applause] the constitution is a great and important document. it is the how of america. it is
[cheers and applause] ronald reagan, ronald reagan in his farewell address said a caution to everyone of us. the final words he said as president of the united states to the american people. the last two paragraphs of his speech. he talked about the concern he had for the future of our country because institutions, institutions like schools, higher education, the media, the popular culture, were teaching a very different story about who we are. and he was concerned that america would forget,...
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ronald reagan -- the presiding officer: the senator's time has expired. mr. kerry: -- he said a hungry child knows no politics. i believe we ought to uphold that principle and have the presidential waiver in this particular case. mr. kyl: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from arizona. mr. kyl: i oppose the kerry amendment and would hope it could be defeated and my amendment would be adopted. he has correctly characterized the amendment as prohibiting food aid to north korea, but it is not just about abhorring north korea's bad behavior. it's about also dealing with the administration's bad behavior. on four separate occasions the state department assured members of this united states senate that food aid would not be used as a condition to the negotiations with the north koreans. under no circumstances would the united states provide any incentives or rewards, as the way they put it, to north korea. in each case we inquired we specifically talked about the food aid. four times they said it wouldn't be done. two weeks before the negotiations w
ronald reagan -- the presiding officer: the senator's time has expired. mr. kerry: -- he said a hungry child knows no politics. i believe we ought to uphold that principle and have the presidential waiver in this particular case. mr. kyl: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from arizona. mr. kyl: i oppose the kerry amendment and would hope it could be defeated and my amendment would be adopted. he has correctly characterized the amendment as prohibiting food aid to north korea,...
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mccain: i believe it was ronald reagan that said the closest thing to eternal life here on earth is a government program. and, again, our complaints that we continue to hear from our constituents is that we've mortgaged our children and our grandchildren's futures. and to somehow say, well, we're only authorizing this program for one year, does the senator from new york really believe that once we start treating children with autism, that we are going to terminate that program? does she really believe that? of course not. of course not. we have an obligation to the men and women of this -- the citizens of this country that we have saddled with a $16 trillion debt that we pay, we find ways to pay and sacrifice ourselves fiscally to pay for worthwhile programs. so i would support a second-degree amendment from the senator from oklahoma, which is his right -- it's his right to do so. and i don't see how we fulfill our obligation to our citizens by continuing to authorize and appropriate expenditure of their tax dollars without a way to pay for it except to take it out of our taxpayers' p
mccain: i believe it was ronald reagan that said the closest thing to eternal life here on earth is a government program. and, again, our complaints that we continue to hear from our constituents is that we've mortgaged our children and our grandchildren's futures. and to somehow say, well, we're only authorizing this program for one year, does the senator from new york really believe that once we start treating children with autism, that we are going to terminate that program? does she really...